Enhancement of brain functions prompted by physical activity. Vol. 2

This volume, part of the 'Progress in Brain Research' series, explores the enhancement of brain functions through physical activity. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between physical exercise and cognitive performance, focusing on diverse populations including elite...

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Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Academic Press, 2024.
Series:	Progress in brain research ; v. 286
Subjects:	Cognition. Metacognition. Brain > Research. Exercise. Métacognition. Cerveau > Recherche. cognition. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Intro
Enhancement of Brain Functions Prompted by Physical Activity Vol 2
Copyright
Contributors
Contents
Preface: Maximizing cognitive benefits through physical activity-II
Relationship between physical activity, physical fitness, cognition, brain, and mental health
Narrative review on innovative design of physical activity
References
Chapter One: Predicting sports performance of elite female football players through smart wearable measurement platform
1. Introduction
2. Management of multiple data sources
2.1. Garmin wearable devices
2.1.1. Heart rate
2.1.2. Heart rate variability (HRV)
2.1.3. Sleep
2.1.4. Stress
2.1.5. VO2Max
2.1.6. Body battery
2.1.7. SpO2
2.1.8. Respiration
2.2. ``The Brain Gym´´ app for cognitive data
2.3. Body composition
3. System design
3.1. Backend
3.2. Frontend
3.3. Database
4. Data visualization
4.1. Athlete interface
4.1.1. Garmin dashboard
4.1.2. Cognitive dashboard
4.2. Coach interface
4.2.1. Left column
4.2.2. Center column
4.2.3. Right column
5. Data analysis
5.1. Participant demographics
5.2. Cognitive function and body composition
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion
Conflict of interest
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Two: Physical activity and verbal memory performance: Mediating effects of resting-state brain activity
1. Introduction
1.1. Physical activity and cognitive health
1.2. Neurocognitive memory function
1.3. Effects of physical activity on memory
1.4. Neurocognitive correlates of physical activity and memory function
1.5. Individual Alpha Peak Frequency
1.6. Study aims and hypotheses
2. Methods
2.1. Study population and design
2.2. Physical activity
2.3. Resting state electroencephalography
2.3.1. EEG data acquisition.
2.3.2. EEG data processing
2.4. Memory performance
2.5. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. Individual Alpha Peak Frequency
3.2. Mediation models
4. Discussion
4.1. Physical activity and recall performance
4.2. Physical activity and Individual Alpha Peak Frequency
4.3. Limitations
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Funding
Declaration of interest statement
Author´s contributions
Confirmation of ethical compliance
Consent to participate and publish
References
Chapter Three: Association between physical activity, body composition, and cognitive performance among female office workers
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Apparatus
2.2.1. Cognitive function APP measurement
2.2.1.1. Simple reaction and movement time
2.2.1.2. Working memory
2.2.1.3. Executive function
2.2.2. Body composition
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participant demographics
3.2. Age and cognitive performance
3.2.1. Simple reaction time
3.2.2. Working memory
3.2.3. Executive function
3.3. Cognitive performance and body composition
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
Conflict of interest
References
Chapter Four: Grip strength, working memory, and emotion perception in middle-aged males
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Grip strength
2.4. Emotional n-back task
2.5. Statistical analyses
3. Results
3.1. Task manipulation
3.2. Bivariate correlations
3.3. Hierarchical regression analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Declarations of interest
References
Chapter Five: Association of aerobic fitness and grip strength with cognitive and academic performance in Arab children
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure.
2.3. Aerobic fitness
2.4. Grip strength
2.5. Cognitive task
2.6. Academic performance
2.7. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. Bivariate correlations
3.2. Hierarchical regression analyses
3.2.1. Association between aerobic fitness and academic performance
3.2.2. Association between muscle strength and cognitive performance
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Declaration of competing interest
References
Chapter Six: Mediating role of inhibitory control in relationships between cardiovascular fitness and academic achievemen ...
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Stroop test
2.2.2. Academic performance
2.2.3. Cardiovascular fitness assessment
2.2.4. Anthropometric measurements
2.3. Experimental procedure
2.4. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary analysis
3.2. Mediation analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Funding
Disclosure statement
References
Further reading
Chapter Seven: Associations between physical activity, sedentary time, and neurocognitive function during adolescence: Ev ...
1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Accelerometry
2.3.1.1. Accelerometer signal processing and measurement
2.3.1.2. Psychometrics of accelerometer data
2.3.2. Flanker EEG task
2.4. EEG recording
2.5. EEG signal processing and measurement
2.6. ERP measurement properties and psychometrics
2.7. Data analytic plan
3. Results
3.1. Task manipulation checks
3.2. Zero-order correlations
3.3. Multilevel models
3.3.1. Unconditional model
3.3.2. Model 1
3.3.3. Model 2
4. Discussion
Data availability statement
Funding
Declaration of competing interest
CReDIT statement
References.
Chapter Eight: Exercise habits and mental health: Exploring the significance of multimodal imaging markers
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurements
2.2.1. Physical activity index (PAI)
2.2.2. Mental health
2.3. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition parameters
2.3.1. T1-weighted structural images
2.3.2. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
2.3.3. Resting-state functional MRI (rfMRI)
2.3.4. Statistical analysis: General procedures
3. Results
3.1. Demographic information
3.2. Group differences between brain metrics: t-test
3.3. Mediation analysis
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Funding statement
Contributor information
References
Chapter Nine: The relationship of aerobic fitness with verbal and spatial working memory: An ERP study
1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants and procedure
2.2. Aerobic fitness assessment
2.3. Verbal/spatial working memory tasks
2.4. ERP recording
2.5. Statistical analysis
3. Result
3.1. WM task effects
3.2. S1-P2
3.3. CNV
3.4. S2-P3
3.5. Hierarchical regression analysis
3.5.1. The association between aerobic fitness and behavioral outcomes of WM
3.5.2. The association between aerobic fitness and neuroelectric outcomes
3.5.3. The association between behavioral and neuroelectric outcomes
3.5.4. The mediation analysis
4. Discussion
5. Limitation
6. Conclusion
References
Chapter Ten: A multimodal approach integrating cognitive and motor demands into physical activity for optimal mental heal ...
1. Physical activity, cognition, and affect
2. Manipulability of physical activity effect on cognition and affect
3. Definition of the cognitive and motor demands of physical activity.
4. The rationale for studying the cognitive and motor demands during physical activity in the context of mental health
5. Methodological issues in the research on cognitive and motor demands during physical activity
5.1. Self-reported measures
5.2. Behavioral and performance measures
5.3. Psychophysiological measures
6. Future directions for manipulating the cognitive and motor aspects of physical activity to optimize its cognitive and ...
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Conflict of interest
References.